New France and the 13 Colonies Review

What is a Habitant?

• A farm

• A farmer/peasant

• A Landlord

• The Bishop of Quebec

How did the european colonies differ in their relationship with First Nations?

• Both New France and the 13 Colonies were trading partners with First Nations.

• Both New France and the 13 Colonies saw the Indigenous people as obstacles in the way of obtaining land.

• New France saw First Nations as trading partners that could be converted to Catholicism, where as the 13 Colonies saw them as obstacles in the way of obtaining land.

• New France left the Indigenous people alone, where as the 13 Colonies saw them as obstacles unless they could be converted to Protestantism.

What is the Sovereign Council?

• The governing body of New France, led by the Fille de Roi, the Seigneur, and the Cardinal of Montreal.

• The governing body of New France, led by the Governor, the Intendant, and the the Bishop of Quebec.

• A council of elders who met with the Governor to discuss trading furs.

• The king's court in France, usually held in the palace of Versailles.

Who were the Fille de Roi?

• Peasant farmers who came over to New France to farm the land and start a new life.

• Fur traders who gave up the life of a habitant to make money building churches and mills on Seigneuries.

• Daughters of the King. These princesses came to New France to continue the royal line in the new world. They married high ranking soldiers or married into Indigenous groups to solidify alliances.

• Daughters of the King. These poor and orphaned women came to New France to marry and start families. The King paid their dowry and if they had 10 kids they would receive a pension (old age support).

Which of the following are members of the Clergy?

• Merchants, Fille de Roi, the Bishop of Quebec

• Seignuers, Nuns, and the Bishop of Quebec.

• The Governor, Intendant and Bishop of Quebec.

• Priests, nuns, and the Bishop of Quebec.

This person was the chief administrator in New France, and sought to keep the colony is good order by upholding civic matters and making the colony less dependent on France.

• The Governor

• The Seigneur

• The Intendant

• The Coureurs de Bois

A regulated economic system that made a country rich from importing from and reselling to it's colonies is called...

• Colonization

• Mercantilism

• A monopoly

• A charter

A set of rules and privileges granted to a company by a king or queen.

• Colonization

• Mercantilism

• A monopoly

• A charter

Money a woman brought to a marriage and practice that still exists in some cultures.

• A dowry

• A colony

• A seigneur

• A charter

What is a seigneury?

• The "mayor" of New France.

• A business owner.

• A large track of land with access to the river that was split up into sections and made into settlements by Habitants.

• A landlord who was appointed to encourage and oversee Habitants working on an area of land. They were required to build a church and a flour mill.